“This Is Not Goodbye, My Darling, This Is A Thank You. Thank You For Coming Into My Life And Giving

This photograph was taken during the first Intifada (1987-1993), it shows a Palestinian boy shot in the heart by Israeli occupation forces. Most of the Palestinians killed during the Intifada were either shot in the heart or the head. via Younes Arar.

Edit: This is a still from ‘Kingdom of Ants’, still a very accurate depiction of reality.

1. V.E. Schwab // 2. Unknown // 3. Rudolph Vitkauskas // 4. Charles Bukowski // 5. Margaret Atwood

"We demand closure as though our lives were put together as neatly as novels, but the fact of the matter is they're not. In real life, relationships are messy and poorly written, ending too early or too late, and sometimes in the middle of a sentence."

—Beau Taplin, Neatly As Novels

“Even at your worst, you’re incredible.”

— Buddy Wakefield 

"Do you know why hugs are so beautiful?

Because the right side of you does not have a heart, so it is empty, and when you hug you will have a heart on both sides."

I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists.

One where my heart is full and my soul understood.

“Weeping is not the same thing as crying, It takes your whole body to weep, and when it’s over, you feel like you don’t have any bones left to hold you up.”

— Sarah Ockler 

“You’re so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.”

— Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring (via perfectquote)

“How wonderful it is, to be silent with someone.”

— Kurt Tucholsky